I see components of those aforementioned games in Aion, improved upon in most cases. I've often wished someone would just take a look at all the MMOs we've had – even the unsuccessful ones – and find the good ideas to polish and perfect, then bring together as one. I look at Aion and see bits of SWG, CoX, EQ2, Final Fantasy, and even WoW, along with an original story and some really cool innovations – I just can't help but be excited.

But well, this interview shows exactly this, so I really look forward playing Aion as a the first eastern MMO that cares about the west more than the "just copying server files and translating so they can earn more money" route all eastern MMO have taken.

"Hello.

We have plans to implement an inverted mouse option. This was part of our early alpha testing feedback that we gathered. This along with a handful of other options should improve usability for the west.

Being a former QA guy I hate to tout things as fixed until I see them in the final working version but this is a pretty important feature and I know that if I had to play inverted in Aion it would be a very frustrating experience.

Stay tuned as we start finalizing changes and features you will be hearing more from us."

As you an see, they are not taking this lightly and they will continue to develop this game. So, yah, Aion will become to best thing that has ever happened to the MMORPG industry.

They can waffle on about story lines and art direction all they want, but when they have so far failed to even allow the control scheme to be tweaked for a more Western style of play then it points to a failure.

Next the Combo system is not like wows rogue combo system in the sense there talking about, there are skills that link together and also have a requirement to use one ability before you can use another ability. Each skill looks and plays very fluid and it makes it more engaging combat wise. So if you play a druid on WoW you might hate the combat system if you actually only like pressing 3 buttons to tank or 4 buttons to heal and so forth.

I also think there crafting system is very unique from any other mmo out there at least that ive played. They still have a skill based system and recipes to craft but they also have things called work orders, and what they allow you to do is level your craft without the use all of your own mats. The down side is that you dont get to keep what you make, it goes to the craft trainer that you got the work order from. Another upside from doing the work orders is you get mats or possibly a recipe on turn in. This is the first mmo ive played that also gives actual character xp for crafting.

I really recommend you try watching some youtube vids or if you are able to get a beta key give it a shot.
I mean theres nothing I can say thats gonna help you decide whether or not this truly is the game for you or not, only trying it yourself will let you know if you truly like it.

If you have any questions about something in the game I will be more then happy to try and explain it better for you though.

1. Best customization of what? My underwear?
2. Flight has been done but Aerial combat not so much. This is something I would look into and would of liked to of heard from Brian as being something they are doing to make Aion awesome for both East and West.
3. Stunning graphics? Really? Who cares. WoW has cartoon graphics that aren't stunning, look at their numbers. Runescape has done very well and it's graphics suck. The Crytek engine though does excite me. The one thing Brian talked about that made me think about the game.
4. Interactive "3rd Race" AI; The Sleepers in EVE Online do this and is cool. Why not make this a highlight of why Aion is cool? More Quests is suck compared to AI that is adaptive.
5. Unique Skill Combo? Rogues in WoW =P This system has been offered before, it can suck or be awesome, but I have not seen it much in games yet. Another thing that could of been nice to hear in an Interview.

And thank you I will continue to hop MMOs as I see fit. There isn't one game that is awesome.

I read the entire article and could tell he was definitely beating around the bush on things, but as the interviewer and not taking into account WoW's main component of its game and not questioning it is confusing. I understand the simple mechanics of Aion: protect this, capture that, to maintain this buff etc.

But, is there anymore than Just that at max lvl? (caveman voice) We get big group of people. We zerg base. We kill NPCs. We capture base. We cheer. (end of caveman voice) The gameplay style of Nintendo is dead: You play a game to the end, you beat it, and all you can do it play it again.

I see the post of playing on the Chinese server … how would i go about doing that? I dont like the idea of DL'n 12+gigs, but i guess its *cheaper* than buyin a game i may not like. Trust me, I'm sick of WoW. The introduction of hardmodes and all that garbage; the equalization of every class, the dumbing down of the game so every sub-par player can experience nearly all parts of it.